We followed the boy, trying to find out where he was going. Although the boy was very alert, constantly looking over his shoulder to see if anyone was following him, and using various means to get rid of possible tailers, the Yuri siblings were far more powerful than he was, and even with me along, he would never find us. I saw the young man go to a pharmacy first, and when he came out, he had two extra packages of medicine in his hands. Then he went to a restaurant and bought a lot of food. Then he wandered around the city (actually to get rid of possible tailers). After two hours, he arrived at his real destination, a dark alley.
The young man gently pushed open the door of one of the houses and tiptoed in.
“Is that Wei Xin? Ahem, ahem,” an old voice asked from inside the house.
“Master, it’s me,“ the young man said quickly as he walked into the inner room. ‘I’ve bought some medicine and some food. Master, you should take the medicine first, and then eat something.’
”Where did you get the money to buy the medicine? It’s very expensive,“ the old voice said haltingly.
”I met a kind doctor, and he didn’t charge me,” the young man said as he put the medicine in a small pot and began to boil it.
“Don’t lie to me, those are very expensive, no matter how kind a doctor is, they won’t give them to you for free.“
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”Did you sell the family sword?“ The old voice was full of helplessness, ‘If it wasn’t for my old bones, you wouldn’t be in this situation.’
”Master, don’t say that, if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t even know where to beg for food.“
”What do you mean by beg for food?” I asked in a low voice, as the three of us stood on a big tree in the courtyard.
“Who!” A shout came from inside the room.
Yuriko frowned and led me down the tree.
I patted my clothes and walked in. At a glance, I saw the young man. The young man had wanted to protect himself in front of an old man, but instead, the old man caught up to him.
The old man saw the three people coming, a child and two goblins, none of whom he knew. His extremely tense expression eased a bit, but he still asked, ”Who are you and what is the purpose of your visit?”
I didn’t answer him, but smiled at the young boy and said, “You see, I know what you want the money for. Really, you didn’t think I’d keep a secret like that from you, did you? I just had to use a little trick and you told me yourself.”
The young boy blushed, looked at me angrily, and I could see that if the old man hadn’t stopped him, he would have come up to me and bitten me.